Praxis 5206 Teaching Reading K-12 Questions And Answers

PRAXIS 5206 TEACHING READING K-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Whatt5ttopicstistthisttesttcenteredtaround?t-tans-
Phonemictawareness,tphonics,tvocabulary,tfluency,tandtcomprehension

Whattaretthetreceptivetandtexpressivetcomponentstassociatedtwithtoraltlanguagetde
velopment?t-tans-
phonologicaltskills,tpragmatics,tsyntax,tmorphologicaltskills,tandtvocabularyt(semanti
cs)

Whichtfactorstmaythavetantimpacttontliteracytdevelopment?t-tans-
cultural,tenvironmental,tandtlinguistictfactors

Whattinstructionaltmethodstaretusedtfortteachingtphonologicaltawarenesstandtphone
mictawareness?t-tans-
Syllablestandtonsettandtrime,tphonemetsegmenting,tblending,tdeletion,tandtsubstitut
ion

Whattaretsometphonemic-awarenesstdifficultiestacrosstagestandtgradetlevels?t-
tans--nottcorrectlytcompletingtblendingtactivities;tfortexample,tputttogethertsoundst/
k/t/i/t/ck/ttotmaketthetwordt"kick"
-nottcorrectlytcompletingtphonemetsubstitutiontactivities;tfortexample,tchangetthet/
m/tintmatettot/cr/tintorderttotmaket"crate"
-hastathardttimettellingthowtmanytsyllablesttheretaretintthetwordt"paper"
-hastdifficultytwithtrhyming,tsyllabication,tortspellingtatnewtwordtbytitstsound

Whattaretsometinstructionaltmethodsttotteachtbeginningtreaderstthetconceptstabout
tprint?t-tans-directionality,treturntsweep,tpartstoftatbook,tformtandtfunctiontoftprint

Whattaretsometinstructionaltstrategiesttothelptemergenttreaderstfluentlytidentifytlette
rtnamestandtsounds?t-tans-
lettertformationt(sand,tflour,tplaytdough),tlettertbingo,tlettertbooks,talphabettflashtcar
ds,tandtlettertrecognitiontfluencytgamestlikethungrytmouse,talphabettarc,ttaptstack,t
speedtlettertstamping,tandtmatchtitt(uppertandtlowertcase)

Whattistthetimpacttoftdecodingtskillstontliteracytdevelopmenttacrosstgradetlevels?t-
tans-Difficultytwithtphonicstandtletter-
soundtcorrespondencestusuallytimpedestreadingtandtspelling

,Whattinstructionaltmethodstaretusedttotteachtphonicstandtdecodingtsystemically,tex
plicitly,tandtrecursivelytacrosstgradetlevels?t-tans-
Thethallmarktoftatsystematictphonicstapproachtortprogramtistthattatsequentialtsetto
ftphonicstelementstistdelineatedtandtthesetelementstarettaughttalongtatdimensionto
ftexplicitnesstdependingtontthettypetoftphonicstmethodtemployed;twithtincidentaltph
onicstinstruction,tthetteachertdoestnottfollowtatplannedtsequencetoftphonicstelemen
tsttotguidetinstructiontbutthighlightstparticulartelementstopportunisticallytwhenttheyta
ppeartinttext.

Whattaretsometinstructionaltmethodstthattaretusedtfortteachingtcommontphonicstpa
tternstandtrules?t-tans-
consonanttdigraphs,tblends,tdiphthongs,tschwatsound,tsyllablettypes,twordtfamilies

Whattinstructionaltmethodstaretusedtfortteachingtmorphologicaltanalysis?t-tans-
affixes,troots,tandtbasetwords

Whattinstructionaltmethodstaretusedtfortteachingtsyllablettypestwhentdecodingtmulti
syllabictwords?t-tans-syllabletdivisiontandtstructuraltanalysis

Whattmultisensorytapproachestaretusedtfortsupportingtstudenttrecognitiontoftnon-
decodable/irregularlytspelledtwordst(e.g.,t"was,"t"listen,"t"through,"t"the,"t"once")?t-
tans-Multi-
sensorytinstructiontcombinestlistening,tspeaking,treading,tandtattactiletortkinesthetict
activity

Whattaretsometinstructionaltmethodstusedttotfostertstudents'tfluency?t-tans-
accuracy,tautomaticity,tprosody,tandtself-efficacy

Whattaretmethodstoftsupporttfortfluenttreadingtbehaviorstattthetlettertname/
sound,tword,tphrase,tsentence,tandtpassagetlevel?t-tans-
Usetconcretetmanipulatives;tsingtalphabettsong;tsaytthetlettertsoundtaloudteveryttim
etlettertistidentified;tsighttwordtlists;trepeatedtandtmonitoredtoraltreadingtort"repeate
dtreading,"texplicittandtsystematictinstructiontintphonics,

Whattaretsometinstructionaltmethodstusedttotbuild,texpand,tandtusetexpressivetand
treceptivetvocabularytsystematically,texplicitly,tandtthroughtrepeatedtexposurestintm
ultipletcontexts?t-tans-
Providingtinstructiontovertantextendedtperiodtofttimetencourageststudentsttotusetvo
cabularytintdifferenttcontextst-
tbothtintspokentandtwrittentcommunication.tAlso,trepeatedtandtconstanttexposuretin
tisolationtandtintatvarietytoftcontexts,tincreasetengagementtthroughtdialoguetandtte
achingtspecifictwordstbeforetreading

Whattarettwotapproachesttotteachtword-solvingtstrategies?t-tans-
contexttcluestandtstructuraltanalysis

, Howtdotyoutmatchtantinstructionaltmethodttotwordtcomplexity?t-tans-
Findtthetstudent'stInstructionaltLeveltofttextt(witht95%treadingtcomprehensiontaccur
acy)tandtscaffoldtfortharderttexts.tDotnottstaytintthetFrustrationtleveltforttootlong-
tthistmighttturntofftreaders

Whattwordttypestaretbestttaughttthroughtdirecttinstruction?t-tans-
common,tcontextual,tcontent-specific,tconnotation,tmultiple-meaningtwords

WhattaretmultipletinstructionaltmethodstfortvocabularytinstructiontoftEnglishtlanguag
etlearners?t-tans-cognates,tfigurativetlanguage,tidioms

Howtdotgrammaticaltfunctionstandtpunctuationtaffecttfluencytandtthetmeaningtofttex
t?t-tans-
Prosodyt(readingtwithtexpression)tcantaffecttfluencytandtreadingtcomprehensiontiftr
eadertdoesn'ttknowtwhattthetmarkstandtstructuretindicate.tMusttunderstandtthetemp
hasist(expression)tthattaccompaniestexpressivetreading

Howtaretfluency,tvocabulary,tandtcomprehensiontinterrelated?t-tans-
Fluency:tAbilityttotreadttexttquickly,taccurately,tandtwithtpropertexpression.tFluencyt
providestatbridgetbetweentwordtrecognitiontandtcomprehension.tVocabulary:tReferst
totalltoftthetwordstoftourtlanguage.tOnetmusttknowtwordsttotcommunicateteffectivel
y.

Howtdoestatstudent'stlisteningtcomprehensiontrelatettotthetstudent'streadingtcompre
hension?t-tans-
Decodingtandtlanguaget(i.e.,tlistening)tcomprehensiontabilitytaretnecessarytfortreadi
ngtcomprehension.tIftstudentstlacktdecodingtskills,ttheytcantstilltcomprehendtwithtstr
ongtlisteningtcomprehensiontabilityt-tastlongttheytcantlistenttottexttbeingtread.

Howtdoestchildtandtadolescenttdevelopmenttaffecttthetteachingtoftliterarytandtinfor
mationalttexts?t-tans-
Withtregardsttotdevelopment,tincludingtidentifyingtandtexpressingtfeelings,ttheretaret
strategiesttothelptthetmindt&tbrain,tincludingtearningt&tproblem-
solving,tschooltconcepts,tcreativetthinkingtskills,tlanguaget&tliteracy,tandtmoraltdeve
lopment

Whattistthetbesttwayttotdifferentiatetinstruction,ttasks,tandtmaterialst(printtandtdigita
l)tthattaretappropriatetandtculturallytresponsivettotalltlearners?t-tans-
Empoweringtstudentsttotsharetthoughts,tintegratingtdiversetworktandtstudytpractices
,tunderstandingtstudenttlearningtneedstandtstyles,tandtemulatingtculturally-
significanttinstructiontstyles,tsuchtastoraltstorytelling

Whichtmeasurestofttexttcomplexitythelptthetteacherttotselecttappropriatettextstfortin
structiontandttotguidetstudentstintself-